Stafford Beer

Stafford Beer (1926-2002) was a British cybernetician and management consultant known for his pioneering work in operations research, management cybernetics, and systems thinking. He is particularly recognized for developing the Viable System Model (VSM), which provides a framework for understanding and designing complex organizations and systems. Beer’s work emphasized the importance of communication and feedback within systems and organizations, advocating for a systematic approach to management that considers the interactions between different parts of a system.